Bill Bryson, who is fifty-five, was a very average man in his height and weight. Bill has a very large beard and glasses. Bill was born in 1951 in Des Moines, Iowa and later moved to North Yorkshire, England Where he would have four kids and a wife. Bill Bryson The Lost Continent in 1989 after being on a twenty-one year hiatus from America. Bill Bryson decided to move to England because of a TV. documentary about Europe. Bill said, " I began to read-no, I began to consume-National Geographics, with their pictures of glowing Lapps and mist-shrouded castles and ancient cities of infinite charm. From that moment, I wanted to be a European boy."
Bill Bryson had started traveling the United States when he returned from England. He had wanted to visit all the places his "cheap" dad had taken him to as a little boy. But Bill has a lot of funny little things that happen to him on his way to the east and to the west of Des Moines, Iowa. Bill is very excited at the beginning of the story to see all of the things that he loved as a child when his father stopped at all the little towns of America. Bill started traveling Southeast towards Missouri and then through parts of Kentucky and down through Tennessee. Bill finds himself talking a whole different language in the southern states because of the strange twang the southern people had when they talked. Bill Bryson suddenly found himself disappointed in the changes America had undergone in the twenty-five years he had not been there. He expected to see so many wonderful things that he remembered from his childhood. But to his disappointment Bill saw nothing that made him eager to continue his trip that his father had always taken. Bill just always had to hope that the next town in the next state would be as he had remembered.
Bill Bryson wrote this book with one main character in mind; that character is the one and only United States of America. Bill thought that America had changed so much in the past twenty-five years that he would never get to see any of the old sites that his dad had taken him to. Bill also thought that Vikings would make better heroes for America than Christopher Columbus did. Bill said, "If you ask me the Vikings would make a far more worthy heroes for America. For one thing they did actually discover it. On top of that, the Vikings were manly and drank out of skulls and didn't take any crap from anybody. Now that's the American way." But towards the end of the book Bill began to see things again, as an American. He finally found some of the cities he was looking for. In the end Bill would discover America was very unique in its own way. He would visit Comiskey Park in Chicago where his dad would take them. His Father was a huge sportswriter and Bill wanted to visit a place where his dad loved to be. His father would always be standing in the press box where Bill loved to look up and see his father doing what he did best. Travel small towns in America, be a tightwad and not take Bill to any of the amusement parks that cost over ten dollars, and sit up in the sports booth and criticize Baseball. Even though America has changed in the past twenty-five years Billl Bryson still enjoys all of the great quarks of America.
Bill Bryson had started traveling the United States when he returned from England. He had wanted to visit all the places his "cheap" dad had taken him to as a little boy. But Bill has a lot of funny little things that happen to him on his way to the east and to the west of Des Moines, Iowa. Bill is very excited at the beginning of the story to see all of the things that he loved as a child when his father stopped at all the little towns of America. Bill started traveling Southeast towards Missouri and then through parts of Kentucky and down through Tennessee. Bill finds himself talking a whole different language in the southern states because of the strange twang the southern people had when they talked. Bill Bryson suddenly found himself disappointed in the changes America had undergone in the twenty-five years he had not been there. He expected to see so many wonderful things that he remembered from his childhood. But to his disappointment Bill saw nothing that made him eager to continue his trip that his father had always taken. Bill just always had to hope that the next town in the next state would be as he had remembered.
Bill Bryson wrote this book with one main character in mind; that character is the one and only United States of America. Bill thought that America had changed so much in the past twenty-five years that he would never get to see any of the old sites that his dad had taken him to. Bill also thought that Vikings would make better heroes for America than Christopher Columbus did. Bill said, "If you ask me the Vikings would make a far more worthy heroes for America. For one thing they did actually discover it. On top of that, the Vikings were manly and drank out of skulls and didn't take any crap from anybody. Now that's the American way." But towards the end of the book Bill began to see things again, as an American. He finally found some of the cities he was looking for. In the end Bill would discover America was very unique in its own way. He would visit Comiskey Park in Chicago where his dad would take them. His Father was a huge sportswriter and Bill wanted to visit a place where his dad loved to be. His father would always be standing in the press box where Bill loved to look up and see his father doing what he did best. Travel small towns in America, be a tightwad and not take Bill to any of the amusement parks that cost over ten dollars, and sit up in the sports booth and criticize Baseball. Even though America has changed in the past twenty-five years Billl Bryson still enjoys all of the great quarks of America.